What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50646 and 50655?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50646 and 50655 is 3.

GCF(50646,50655) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50646 and 50655, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50646 and 50655.

How to find the GCF of 50646 and 50655?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50646 and 50655. After we will calculate the factors of 50646 and 50655 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50646

Prime factors of 50646 are 2, 3, 23, 367. Prime factorization of 50646 in exponential form is:

50646 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50655

Prime factors of 50655 are 3, 5, 11, 307. Prime factorization of 50655 in exponential form is:

50655 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 307¹

Step-3: Factors of 50646

List of positive integer factors of 50646 that divides 50646 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138, 367, 734, 1101, 2202, 8441, 16882, 25323

Step-4: Factors of 50655

List of positive integer factors of 50655 that divides 50646 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 33, 55, 165, 307, 921, 1535, 3377, 4605, 10131, 16885

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50646 and 50655. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50646 and 50655 is 3.

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